October 10 1700 A French missionary, Father Gravier, noted in his journal, Discovered the river Mirameguoua, where the very rich lead mine is situated, 12 or 13 leagues from its mouth. Today we just refer to that river as the Meramec. (Its an Indian word, meaning catfish) 1865 Joseph Pulitzer arrived in St. Louis. The penniless immigrant from Hungary worked firing the boiler on the ferry to win passage across the river. He became a lawyer, a reporter for the Westliche Post, and eventually a state legislator. In December of 1878, bought the bankrupt St. Louis Dispatch, and merged it with his St. Louis Post three days later. 1926 Nursing a hangover and sleeping in the bullpen, Grover Cleveland Alexander he was called in to relieve Jesse Haines in Game Seven of the 1926 World Series. The bases were loaded with two outs in the seventh inning. Alexander struck out Tony Lazzeri to end the inning. He set the Yanks down in order until giving up a walk to Babe Ruth with two out in the ninth. Ruth was thrown out stealing, and the Cardinals were World Champs for the first time. 1939 Mayor Bernard Dickmann wielded a silver wrecking bar, prying out a brick from a dilapidated building at #7 Market Street, facing the Old Cathedral. The first brick went to the city, and the second was sent to President Roosevelt. The ceremony marked the start of demolition work on the riverfront for the proposed riverfront memorial. Thirty-seven blocks would be cleared, but World War Two and wrangling over the elevated railroad tracks on the riverfront delayed actual construction work until 1959. 1957 The Chrysler Corporation announced it would build a 200-acre, $50 million assembly plant on Highway 66 between the Meramec River and Route 141. The plans called for the 1960 models to be the first ones off the assembly line there. The plant was expected to employ 3,500. 1973 Jamestown Mall opened at Lindbergh and Old Jamestown Roads. The 900-thousand-square-foot mall contained 95 stores. The mall was mostly vacant by 2013, when the heat was shut off twice due to unpaid gas bills. Macy’s left in 2014 and later that year, the mall was closed. 1988 The 66-Park-In Theatre at 9440 Watson (Highway 66) in Crestwood closed forever. Opened in 1948, the 66 could accommodate 1400 cars at $1.20 a carload. The site is now a supermarket.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:10:00 +0000
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